The Misadventures of Penoi

This is not unboxing post anyway since this is an overdue entry on my blog. Quite busy with work eh. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, my 4month-old smartphone. The flagship of Sony in the Android-phone arena. At first im kinda angry with this phone because the battery life would not last for 24 hours of normal usage with no mp3's sound trip and movie. But since SE released the updated firmware version R2BA020, battery-life goes with 3 days of normal usage. Not bad for a smartphone if you ask me. Can't wait for the next update due Q4 of this year.


Package includes free pouch, phone, and headphone

Back of the phone

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How i miss Bazooka Joe. Kung ikaw ay kabataan ng 80's at early 90's, malamang kilala mo si Bazooka Joe. Ito yung bubble gum na may free comics ng mga misadventures ni Bazooka and the gang. Nangungulekta ako nito, pero sa kadahilanang nakabalot sa bubble gum ang comics, madalas itong pagpyestahan ng mga langgam sa aking taguan.

May bago ng henerasyon ng Bazooka, pero wala pa akong nakikita dito sa Singapore o kaya sa Pinas na nagtitinda nito.. Sana maging available na ulit ito sa suking tindahan natin para maipakita ko ito sa magiging anak ko at para maikuwento ko na kay Bazooka ako natutong magblow.... ng bubble....

Razer Mamba is one of the expensive gaming wireless mouse in the market. This is my wife's Father 's Day gift to me. I choose Mamba coz this is one of the insanely gadgets that i wish to have. Yes i'm insane coz i want a gaming mouse even im not a gamer at all. <grin laugh insert here>. Not familiar on 1ms polling rate etc but this is the best mouse i've ever used.

The Razer Gaming Mouse

Best packaging!!!! Razer Mamba complete package includes USB cable, Docking station, battery, razer sticker and manual

The mouse in action

Docking station and battery charger. Liked the blue light beneath the station.

Battery back cover. "For gamers by gamers"

Razer Mamba docked.

My Purchase Freebies:

Razer Sphex Gaming grade Desktop skin

Razer "Get Imba" Tshirt.

Back print

Razer Mamba Page and reviews:

http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.169418100

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/input_devices/razer_mamba_gaming_mouse/1

http://gear.ign.com/articles/981/981803p1.html

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2345595,00.asp

Seems that the local test will post the speed that i paid for. But across the world test shows that i only have 3Mbps of speed.

Bakit kaya pumapalpak ang SMARTMATIC PCOS machines pagdating sa barangay tally. There's no room for erros lalo na sa time na ito na kung saan, ilang araw na lang ay eleksyon na. Programmer at technical nightmares pag nagkataon.  In a worst case scenario, baka mag-manual count pagdating sa barangay pero na-defeat ang purpose ng kaunaunahang Philippine election automation. Nagbayad pa naman limpak na salapi na kinuha sa ating mga buwis.

Im not against with automation, since nasa IT field ako. but with thorough planning at testing sana. Hindi yung ganitong bara-bara. Reactive sila sa mga technical problems with poor alibi. Basa ang papel, umurong ang papel, dahil ng moist, eh kasi manipis ang papel. Hindi na ako magtataka na pati ang alignment ng buwan at araw ay gawin na ding alibi :)

Valenzuela argued that since hard disks have magnetic components, then it falls under the control of the OMB based on Republic Act No. 9239, also known as the Optical Media Act of 2003. -- Gmanews.tv

This is my wife's new toy. Apple Macbook Intel Core 2 Duo 13inch .  We decided to go with Mac on our next purchase of a lappy as we are not  familiar with OSX. So let us unbox this toy.

Box front with the Apple Logo

Box back

Inside the box

Power cables

Apple Macbook power adaptor

Installation and application CD

Apple Macbook

Pure white eh!!!

Keyboard with a close up shot

Macbook boot up.

Specs

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26Ghz 3Mb shared level 2 cache

250Gb Hard Disk 5400 rpm

4Gb 1066Mhz SDRAM DDR3 memory

13.3 inch led widescreen

Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics

After the free Novell Certified Linux Administrator certification, now Novell again gives free certification. Novell Data Center Technical Specialist. Everyone who received this cert is clueless what does this means.  Quick search on the Novell site does'nt give any result or info.

I'm not sure if i will add this cert on my CV.  Free cert without exam?  Bad idea i guess..

Will there be a 2 to 3 hour rotating brownout during the much awaited fight of Manny Pacquiao vs Joshua Clottey?  Hopefully not. As per National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the Luzon power grid was set to "red alert" which means that it has no power reserves from Feb16-March11 only. So technically, there's no rotating brownout on March 14, the fight night of Pacquiao and Clottey at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

NGCP better make sure that we have the enough power reserves on March 14, or else, they will taste the power punch of the Filipino people.

source : http://www.gmanews.tv/story/183732/rotating-brownout-looms-in-luzon

Last week i received an email asking if I'm in posting their ads. To check out their ADS Unit, i must click a Google Picasa Web album url. Curious, I clicked on the URL from the email and it forwarded me on a Google Account authentication page.

Hmm smells fishy. Remember that my wife’s yahoo account was hacked after someone from her friend’s hacked YM asked her to check out the pictures on his flicker. In just a minute, her username and password was harvested by the hacker and we have to call Yahoo just to retrieve the credentials.

You wont notice that this is a bogus page.



http://picasaphotos21.t35.com/photoalbum.htm

hmmm, ok. Not your usual Google URL and looks like a subdomain of t35.com

Let’s check out www.t35.com



Boom!!! t35.com is a free website service. So the hacker uses a free web service to host his fake Google Picasa page. The minute you entered your Google Account username and password it will be harvested.

How will you identify if the page is bogus or not? Here are some of the basic steps that you can use:

1. Google always use webpage SSL certificates. You will notice that the URL starts with https://…. instead of http://… on its page authentication.

2. Update your internet browsers. New browsers are intelligent enough if the SSL certificates is fake or not.

3. Always check the URL of the page. Most of the hackers uses free web service hosting to host their bogus site.

Internet security awareness will always save your butt and your hard earned ADS payments.

It sucks when you have a status of "i'm having a bad day" and then people clicked on "Like"

Philvocs warned that a possible tsunami will hit the eastern part of Philippines generated by the massive earthquake on Chile. Hopefully the warning is not true and regard it as one of those hoax news.

source http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/27/10/philippines-issues-tsunami-alert

Linux Professional Institute alumni to receive Novell Certified Linux Administrator for free. As in for free!!! No charge or extra exam to take. As long you are a LPIC-1 certified, you are eligible to be a CLA certified. So what's the catch? Seems Novell wants to boost their marketing strategy and pump up the numbers of certified professional under their umbrella.

To validate your LPIC go to https://cs.lpi.org/caf/Xamman/certification and apply for Novell CLA certification at http://practicum.novell.com/LPI2CLAForm.php. Fill out the form, provide your LPI ID and verification code. Allow 1 business day before they send your pdf certification stating that you are a certified SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 admin!!!

Preparing one of Filipino's favorite delicacy adobo with my preggy wife. Yep you heard it right, my wife is pregnant.. Finally... Excited and nervous at the same time. This will be a new journey for us.. Having a baby and also having those sleepless nights as they said.  :)

Taglish as option for language

Firefox themes is now outdated on its newest build. Enter Firefox Personas!!!. It enables you to change browser's skins on the fly. Just install Personas Firefox addon and choose your skins at www.getpersonas.com

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First ever cyberinuman of all tambays circa 90's tonight at 11pm PHT.  Middle east, europe, australia, singapore and the philippines already confirmed. I still have half consumed Jack Daniels and Tiger beer. Thanks to modern day social networking that even though we don't see each again, we can still be in touch.

Laklakan na!!!!!

Manila Bulletin posted on their website a good breakdown of Philippine holidays and long weekend schedule for 2010

January 1 (Fri) - New Year's Day (five-day long weekend from December 30 to January 3)
February 23 (Mon) - EDSA Revolution Anniversary (holiday for schools only, three-day long weekend from February 21 to 23)
April 1 (Thu) - Holy Thursday
April 2 (Fri) - Good Friday (four-day long weekend from April 1 to 4)
April 9 (Fri) - Araw ng Kagitingan (three-day long weekend from April 9 to 11)
May 1 (Sat) - Labor Day
June 14 (Mon) - Independence Day (three-day long weekend from June 12 to 14)
August 23 (Mon) - Ninoy Aquino Day (three-day long weekend from August 21 to 23)
August 30 (Mon) - National Heroes Day (three-day long weekend from August 28 to 30)
September - Eid'l Fitr (to be announced, calculated September 10, possible three-day long weekend from September 10 to 12)
November 1 (Mon) - All Saints Day (three-day long weekend from October 30 to November 1)
November - Eid 'l Adha (to be announced, calculated November 16)
November 29 (Mon) - Bonifacio Day (three-day long weekend from November 27 to 29)
December 24 (Fri) - Non-Working Holiday
December 25 (Sat) - Christmas
December 27 (Mon) - Rizal Day (four-day long weekend from December 24 to 27)
December 31 (Fri) - Non-Working Holiday
January 1 - (Sat) New Year's Day (three-day long weekend from December 31 to January 2)

Less
1. Sleep
2. tv watching
3. eat
4. web browsing

More
1. exercise
2. blog updates
3. study

If these resolutions can't be fullfilled, there always be a next year for me :)